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hills; in the absence of any other covering, keep 

 the glasses over the centre of the plants, to de- 

 fend the main roots and stem from heavy rains, 

 &c.; as the fruit advances in growth, it would 

 be of advantage to place some of the best under 

 the glasses, or those at a distance may be 

 covered with spare glasses, especially when very 

 cold or wet weather is prevalent ; but if spare 

 frames with lights are at hand, about the middle 

 of August, and placed over these beds, it will 

 be by far a more effectual protection, and the 

 fruit will ripen sooner, and in greater perfection, 

 and towards autumn the glasses can be covered 

 with mats on cold nights. 



RAISING MELONS IN OILED-PAPER FRAMES, 

 WITH DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING THE FRAMES. 



Par. 57. Fine crops of melons are produced 

 by growing them under oiled-paper frames ; the 

 plants being raised the same as directed for 

 hand-glasses, and the beds prepared in the 

 same way; they may either be covered with 

 hand-glasses till June, or in want of hand- 

 glasses the paper frames placed over them at 



